Hosea 9:2
The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, 1 and the tirosh shall fail in her. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
In Context
Cross References
Hosea 2:9And she shall chase after her lovers, 1 but she shall not overtake them; 1 and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; 1 then shall she say: 1 I will go and return to my ish harishon (first husband); 1 for then was it better with me than now. 1
Hosea 2:12And now will I expose her navlut (lewdness) 1 in the sight of her lovers, 1 and none shall deliver her out of Mine hand. 1
Joel 1:9The minchah and the nesekh is cut off 1 from the Beis Hashem; 1 the kohanim, the mesharetim (ministers) 1 of Hashem, mourn. 1
Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, 1 and ye take from him burdens of wheat; 1 ye have built batim (houses) of hewn stone, 1 but ye shall not dwell in them; 1 ye have planted pleasant kramim (vineyards), 1 but ye shall not drink yayin of them. 1
Haggai 1:9Ye looked for harbeh (much), and, hinei, it came to me'at (little); and when ye brought it home, I blew it away. Why? saith Hashem Tzva'os. Because of Mine Beis + 1:9 HaMikdash that is in ruins, and ye run every man for his own bais.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 9:2-7
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every corn-floor. 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. 3 They shall not dwell in the Lord 's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord , neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto… Read the whole commentary →